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Episode-204- Where Are The Bees In Colony C – Part 3 – Despair Then Hope

Tony Teolis July 13, 2013 0 Comments
Welcome to Where Are The Bees In Colony C - Part 3 - Despair Then Hope at ToDoListHome.com. If you have watched parts 1 and 2 you know it has been a frustrating start for one of the new honey bee colonies installed on April 22, 2013. This one month old colony was doing well and I made things worse as noted in Episode-203- Where are the bees in colony C – Part 2 – Down On Their Luck This...

Episode-203- Where are the bees in colony C – Part 2 – Down On Their Luck

Tony Teolis July 9, 2013 0 Comments
Episode-203- Where are the bees in colony C - Part 2 - Down On Their Luck. The saga begins in earnest with this episode as the one month old colony is inspected and no eggs, larvae or queen are found. This is very disconcerting and I am not sure what could have happened to a brand new queen. If I did something to bring about her demise I will try to learn from the lesson. The inspection started...

Episode-202- Where Are The Bees In Colony C – Part 1 – A Backyard Saga

Tony Teolis July 7, 2013 0 Comments
Welcome to Where Are The Bees In Colony C - Part 1 - A Backyard Saga at ToDoListhome.com. This is part 1 of an ongoing story of the troubles this colony has experienced since its installment on April 23, 2012. The episodes in the resources below shows the installation and check for an egg laying queen. However, within a few short weeks it should have been apparent to me that this hive was not...

Episode-191- Observe The Bees Guarding The Hives At Night

Tony Teolis June 10, 2013 0 Comments
This is Episode-191- of todolisthome.com Night Guards At The Beehives. I’m your host Tony Teolis and I’m Keeping track of things to do for a better life.  Throughout these episodes I refer to four honey bee colonies. Hive A died in 2012, Hive B was started in 2012, and Hives C and D were started in April 2013. I have been having trouble with honey bee hive C the last few weeks as I think...

Episode-185- Check For Supersedure In Honey Bee Colony B

Tony Teolis May 30, 2013 0 Comments
In this follow up video spread out between May 5 and 12, 2013 I confirm the presence of supersedure cells. There was no evidence of eggs, again, ugh! The bees were buzzing louder than usual but I wasn't using smoke and they may have been upset about about the lack of brood to care for. This was quite disconcerting at the time but not too surprising. I knew the queen in this hive was not laying...

Episode-184- Track Bee Troubles In Honey Bee Hive B – Supersedure

Tony Teolis May 28, 2013 0 Comments
April 28, 2013 - See the Queen but no eggs May 1, 2013 - See the Queen but no eggs I think I got a problem with Honey Bee Hive B but I could not be sure so I had to take a look inside to see if I had a good laying queen. This  is the colony that I applied the formic acid strip to in early April to combat a Varroa Destructor infestation and I have been keeping an eye on the bees since. What you...

Episode-181- Start All Over To Stay Out Of The Mud

Tony Teolis May 23, 2013 0 Comments
It has been over a year since I first attempted to repair a mud path with a stone walkway. I had no plans going into this other than my past experience building walkways and such but I never really built something like I did on my own property. The previous episodes listed below explain how I built the pathway and why it was necessary so I will spare some of the details here today. It is...

Episode-175- Build A Bee Bait Box For Swarms

Tony Teolis May 12, 2013 0 Comments
This has been a couple of months in the making but that is what good planning is all about. Getting the future to become what you imagine. That's been my way of life and no I cannot tell nature what to do but I can read the sun or clouds  for sign of what's coming next. It's an amazing world honey bees live in and right now I am reading Fruitless Fall by Rowan Jacobsen and it is such a fun...